20 September 2019
Russia and China to cooperate on future Moon missions
.... The nation is already enjoying success with its Chang’e-4 luna robotic spacecraft mission, which touched down successfully on the far side of the Moon early in January this year. The cooperation agreement comes amidst a changeable week...
15 January 2021
Orion now ready for its Moon mission later this year
... Koerner. “The knowledge gained along the way will ensure the spacecraft will safely send astronauts on missions to the Moon, with the capability to transport humans farther into space than ever before.” Meanwhile, NASA has...
20 December 2021
China envisions crewed moon missions by 2030
... following a number of reconnaissance missions with China’s Chang’e-4, -6 and -7 missions, and Russia’s Luna 25, 26 and 27 missions. Recently though, Russia acknowledged that Luna-25, the country’s first mission to the Moon’s surface in 45 years, has...
10 August 2021
NASA-funded commercial Moon mission to launch from New Zealand
Launch and space systems company Rocket Lab has announced it will launch NASA’s CAPSTONE mission to the Moon from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand during the final quarter of 2021. CAPSTONE (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System ...
01 October 2018
ispace partners with SpaceX for 2020 & 2021 Moon missions
... HAKUTO-R program will act primarily as technology demonstration for ispace. Success criteria for Mission 1 has been defined as an orbit around the Moon, while Mission 2 will perform a soft lunar landing and deployment of rovers to collect data from...
16 July 2019
Fuel leak halts India's Moon mission
... a senior ISRO official as saying. The Chandrayaan-2—or Moon Chariot 2—mission is part of India's ambitious space programme, and ...attempt the launch again but experts have noted that Indian mission chiefs would be cautious about trying a new liftoff. ...
